My blog on postcards received via the official Postcrossing site and the Postcrossing Forum and other means.
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Peaceable Kingdom
Sender: Hootnoodle
'P' is for 'Peaceable'!
The Peaceable Kingdom (c.1846)
By Edward Hicks (1780-1849)
Snowball Fight with Santas!
Sender: Alienne
'X' is for 'X'mas card'!
Art by Gerd Bauer
Maybe the boy is taking revenge against the Santas for not giving him what he really wished for!
Lesende 1994
Sender: Alienne
'C' is for 'Checking', a young lady checking the newspaper for the latest news.
Lesende by Gerard Richter, a German visual artist.
Monday, June 16, 2014
A Fox Stalking!
Sender: Alienne
F is for FRIENDSHIP @ FOX @ FOE!
A bear with his close friend, a bird. Checkout the sly stalking fox.
Tree Spirit?
Sender: Elenadoby
T is for TREES!
This is a painting by Nastya Kamentsova. I love it! Is the girl a tree spirit or something? Try imagining a story behind the painting.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Sender: Myliu_Lietuva
'R' is for 'Royal Palace'
A bird's-eye view of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Painted by Vilija Maciulyte (2008)
Just A Couple Of Girls
Sender: Jari-Chan
'R' is for 'Reading'
Harry Wilson Watrous (1857-1940)
"Just A Couple Of Girls", 1915
(Eh, but why did the postmark appear on this side of the postcard? Marring the beautiful pic!)
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
A Shop Named "A Kind Word"
Sender: Jessica
A thoughtful gesture from Jessica as she chose to send a card from my wall of favourites. I like this card because of the name of the shop. <3 <3 <3
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." ~ Blaise Pascal"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see". ~ Mark Twain
A Young Couple In Love
Sender: Nina
A pretty card with a love theme. The back states "Tama kortti tukee tyota. Reilun kaupan edistamiseki".
I think it is done to support fair trade, but correct me if I am wrong :-)
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